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Coal mining is indelibly woven into the fabric of daily life in the mountains of southeast Kentucky, but a decline in the coal industry and an associated migration away from mining towns is prompting new efforts to preserve what once was for the next generation. Harlan County is a prime example.
Local News
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Freshman Jasper Johnson scored 15 points as No. 9 Kentucky beat top-ranked Purdue 78-65 in exhibition basketball action on Friday night at Rupp Arena.
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After dropping an overtime heartbreaker to No. 21 Texas last week, Kentucky is back in action on Saturday, hosting 17th-ranked Tennessee at Kroger Field at 7:45 p.m. ET, and will be televised on the SEC Network.
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Kratom is commonly sold as an herbal supplement in Kentucky, but it's drawing the attention of lawmakers and regulators who are taking note of its more potent variants.
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With the fall wildfire season underway, Gov. Andy Beshear announced an award of more than $922,000 to help high-risk areas of the Commonwealth guard against wildfires by creating protection plans.
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On Friday night at Rupp Arena, the Cats will play in what may be the most anticipated exhibition game in program history.
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The University of Kentucky women’s basketball team is ranked 20th in the Preseason USA Today Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced on Thursday.
Radio Shows & Music
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from The Struts (Can't Stop Talking), Mt. Joy (She Wants To Go Dancing), Orla Gartland (Little Chaos), Lady Blackbird (Like A Woman), Sports Team (Condensation), Basia Bulat (Baby), & Fantastic Negrito (I Hope Somebody's Loving You)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Donavon Frankenreiter (Get Outta Your Mind), The Tano Jones Revelry (Light It), Faye Webster (After The First Kiss), Shemekia Copeland Featuring Alejandro Escovedo (Is There Anybody Up There?), Dwight Yoakam (Wide Open Heart), Ben Sollee (Shine), & Amythyst Kiah (Silk & Petals)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Jeremie Albino (So Many Ways To Say I Love You), Emily Barker (Tonight, Tonight), Michael Kiwanuka (The Rest Of Me), Sixpence None The Richer (Julia), Lucinda Williams (While My Guitar Gently Weeps), Beabadoobee (Beaches), & Waxahatchee (Much Ado About Nothing)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Tears For Fears (The Girl That I Call Home), Lights (Damage), Billy Strings (Gild The Lily), Joy Oladokun (I'd Miss The Birds), U2 (Picture Of You (X+W)), Yola (Future Enemies), & The Cure (Alone)!
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WUKY Guest DJ Chris Cunningham brings in a batch of recordings from the Golden Age of Rock and some newer Retro-Rockabilly artists and bands.
Podcasts
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PodcastsIn this new episode of Lex Talk History: get a behind the scenes tour of the long-awaited Intersections exhibit now on display at the Lexington History Museum. Plus, in keeping with 250 Lex's Culinary Month theme, Deirdre Scaggs, with UK Libraries' Special Collections and Research Center, talks to Alan and Mandy about the discovery of new evidence in an unsolved Lexington food poisoning case. The sensational attempted murder of one of Lexington’s most prominent families gripped the community for weeks in 1904. Deirdre also talks about her recently published book: 'The Historic Kentucky Kitchen: Traditional Recipes for Today's Cook.' It's an episode we hope you'll really, (wait for it) savor.
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PodcastsIn the tenth episode of Writing Lessons, host Silas House speaks with acclaimed author and fellow Kentucky Poet Laurate, Crystal Wilkinson.
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PodcastsKaterina Stoykova interviews 2025-2026 Kentucky Poet Laureate Kathleen Driskell about her new book, Goat-Footed Gods.
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PodcastsThis week on Dr. Greg we continue to take an in-depth look at what and how today's medical students are learning. We usually expect our physicians to know just about everything about us and to give us advice on just about every topic. One area that has traditionally been lacking in medical education is nutritional aspects of patient care. A new gift account has been established in the UK College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences to expand nutrition education for health care professionals in training across the College of Medicine. The initiative, led by Sara Police, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and nutritional sciences, aims to integrate more comprehensive, evidence-based nutrition content into medical education to better equip future physicians with the tools to address nutrition-related aspects of patient care. Sara talks about the project with Dr. Greg.
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